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Comprehension Debt: the Cost of Relying on AI Code

Addy Osmani put out an essay called "Comprehension Debt - the hidden cost of AI generated code." The problem is that AI can indeed generate code incredibly quickly - but it's more quickly than humans can integrate or understand, or evaluate. The result is a codebase that "works" - code created with "just make the tests pass, please" - but that humans don't understand, and cannot or do not review.